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Afterword

‘The Making of Early Kashmir’ rediscovers the Valley’s grand Sanskrit heritage

Little is known about Kashmir beyond the media's tales of violence. Shonaleeka Kaul’s book looks at the state that was once a premier centre of Sanskrit scholarship.

Khurshid’s book is a nuanced take on triple talaq through a lens of Islamic jurisprudence

Author Salman Khurshid makes an insightful remark on the perils of using every examination of personal law to further the rhetoric of uniform civil...

‘Operation Lebensraum’: How decades-old illegal immigration continues to haunt Assam

Former IPS officer Hiranya Bhattacharyya’s book comes at a time when Assam is once again on the edge over NRC update and the controversial citizenship bill.

How a 40-day dharna over minimum wages in Rajasthan resulted in the RTI Act

A new book titled ‘The RTI Story: Power to the People’ by Aruna Roy chronicles how the simple act of demanding minimum wages became a struggle for the ‘right to know’.

Snigdha Poonam’s book chronicles Narendra Modi’s rise, by repeating what has already been said

Talking about the woes of the possibly 'scarred generation' Dreamers hits hard on issues of social justice and development. The tales in Snigdha Poonam’s Dreamers are...

Pakistanis blame everyone but themselves for their problems

In his new book ‘Re-imagining Pakistan’, Husain Haqqani rightly points out that the blame for what ails the country is rarely put on Pakistanis...

Taleb is as persuasive as ever, but Skin in the Game lacks the boldness of his earlier work

Skin in the Game has arguments that may be deemed somewhat questionable to the critical eye. However, one needs to realise that Taleb’s charm does not lie in making correct arguments.

How the fourth Industrial revolution can make or mar India’s fortunes

Pranjal Sharma’s book ‘Kranti Nation’ records the transformation that is taking places in 10 different sectors, warns of job losses due to automation.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The marvellous freedom fighter and feminist that India forgot about

A Passionate Life, a collection of writings by and on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, is testimony to her considerable work in various fields, from the cooperative movement, settling of Partition refugees to films and theatre.

A journalist explores Russia’s return to totalitarianism through its personal histories

In her magnum opus, ‘The Future is History’, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen seeks to describe what she sees as Russia’s return to totalitarianism.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.